Kerala Assembly | UDF slams Governor’s ‘perfunctory’ reading of policy statement for the next fiscal

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has slammed Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for making a “mockery” of the Kerala Legislative Assembly by restricting his policy address to a brief and “perfunctory” reading of the concluding paragraph. Leader of the Opposition V.D .Satheesan said Mr. Khan’s “dismissive” attitude to the House was tantamount to contempt and an egregious breach of parliamentary privilege.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has slammed Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for making a “mockery” of the Kerala Legislative Assembly by restricting his policy address to a brief and “perfunctory” reading of the concluding paragraph.

Leader of the Opposition V.D .Satheesan said Mr. Khan’s “dismissive” attitude to the House on January 25 (Thursday) was tantamount to contempt and an egregious breach of parliamentary privilege.

He said Mr. Khan’s frosty relationship with the government had come to the fore in the Assembly, and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) had brought matters to a head.

Mr. Satheesan said the policy speech lacked substance and merely paid lip service to fixing a broken State.

Perhaps, he said, Mr. Khan had helped the government by refusing to elaborate on the LDF government’s “hollow and hypocritical” legislative agenda for the next fiscal year.

“The government and the Governor are imaginary foes. In reality, both share a symbiotic relationship. Their public display of mutual hostility is merely shadowboxing to hoodwink the public”, said Mr. Satheesan.

He termed the policy statement for the next fiscal “a shabby bag of empty promises.”